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Whats going on in a way that mate solve this? >> well, chris, there has been communication but thats very i different, as you know, than a negotiation. we have not seen a negotiation. primarily because republicans con to cling to their position they will not accept one penny of additional revenue as part of a balanced alternative to the sequester. what the president, democrats, said we understand. we have to make tough cuts and do them at a targeted and smart way but we should also be cutting th...

Period of several weeks, i think the -- seems as though the problems will get worse. furlough notices will go out quick flip people will be on the job for a period 306 days. some of this impact will kick in gradually over a period of time. i think that the administration is correct that these -- this is certainly a possibility. more than a possibility. the longer it goes on. thats the real threat. >> we mentioned the white house puts out this detailed plan of what the cuts will mean for each sta...

Actress. anne hathaway, best supporting actress. boy, what a turnout it was. "argo" and "life of pi" had the most, four of the gold men. those statuettes first given out when the president was herbert hoover. >> who knew. we showed it earlier in the show. you cant forget michelle obama gave out the award for best picture. >> big movie buff. her communications director saying hey, thats something she was looking forward to. >> who wouldnt want do that. thank you so much. thats going to wrap up th...

Friday. what will it be? >> we didnt hear anything new from the house g.o.p. leadership. theyre not going to change position. they say theyve already passed plans to avoid the sequester. they have. they did it last summer and again last december but the president threatened to veto it when they passed it last year. thats a total nonstarter as far as the white house is concerned. so as i listen to them, i didnt see any intention of moving away from their position of letting the sequester take pla...

Putting pressure on. is there any indication that any of these outside forces will move things? >> i think thats the white houses only really move at this point. thats the leverage they are using opinion the fact they released this sunday was -- by no coincidence. that, you know, they all along, the president has been trying to build up the pressure to isolate republicans and force them to accept that this cannot be done lou cuts only and what we saw yesterday as part of that strategy, im doubtf...

Click on the evening newses or check "the new york times" it becomes real it wasnt then. so it is part of a media strategy to amp the pressure. >> you had a good piece on politico, carrie. it said is defense defenseless. the idea of the sequester was that republicans were supposed to want to protect defense. so much when -- they have to make a deal. but it seems most of the members who were the biggest defenders are either gone or saying the iraq war is over, troops are coming home from afghanis...

The winter meetings. it is clear by a variety of governors on the sunday morning talk shows. among them martin omalley of maryland all say the federal government be it the president and congress all need to act to avoid these automatic budget cuts. $85 billion, as you know. here on "meet the press" was bobby jindal of louisiana. >> but the president needs to step up to the plate and say to congress here is how you can cut $85 billion. delay the exchanges to work with states on waver rrs of flexi...

Started yet. >> reporter: the sequester was put in place to be a hammer, not a policy. that was the words used today by bob mcdonnel, he, of course, the republican governor of the state of virginia, a state hard hit because theres so many installations of military and defense workers. the pentagon noted more than 700,000 civilian military workers, department of defense workers, will effectively lose 20% of their pay. they will have to work one less day a week if this goes in effect. as one obser...

Increases which republicans did not want to give. they did though. but in return for that, republicans said right off that the next round would be spending cuts. weve got to have some spending cuts in order to really make a dent in this deficit and get our fiscal house in order. so im hoping that the president will see this in a different way and maybe start talking to members of congress instead of going out and campaigning. >> senator, you mentioned the cuts, the spending cuts that are essenti...

Tonight at the academy awards, and before heading off on a multi-nation tour secretary of state john kerry wished ben affleck the best of luck at the assors tonight for his film "argo." both john kerry and ben affleck are, of course, from massachusetts. to the political playground we go. turns out sequester is terrible for news rearedship and internet traffic. we knew this. a recent pew research poll found that just 27% of you have heard, quote, a lot about the sequester taking effect later this...